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So you think each dollar should be tagged when it's minted, so that the first time it gets taxed—whether that's in sales tax, income tax, capital gains, or what

So you think each dollar should be tagged when it's minted, so that the first time it gets taxed—whether that's in sales tax, income tax, capital gains, or what have you—it gets marked "this one's done!" and it can never be taxed again?

ifyoubuildit 1y ago
Probably not. What needs to happen is the government should be small enough that you can realistically fund it entirely via some minimally invasive tax scheme. Government is essential, massive government is not. Yet the system we have now is probably the smallest it will ever be (before it collapses anyway).